Shariah Courts in Britain

Recent reports on the operations of Shariah courts in the UK , such as that of Edna Fernandes in the July 4th London Mail on Sunday (www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197478/Sharia-law-UK--How-Islam-dispensing-justice-side-British-courts.html often cobble together many fragments of prior and flawed reportage and analysis. But they miss the main point: traditional Islam holds that Shariah cannot be introduced into non-Muslim countries, and that Muslim immigrants are required to obey the laws and customs of non-Muslim countries in which they seek to reside. This principle dates to the life of the Prophet Muhammad and cannot be legitimately challenged.